Esoteric

Major concerns I have for the game is the Wisconsin actors trying to sell penalties. Diving seems to exist in the game when the Badgers play. Just watch the game in which all Sioux fans were watching - it was easy to overlook the diving because we wanted Wisconsin to win - but look at the game and they tried to get undeserved penalties. Can we expect the behavior to continue.

And when was the national trophy for UND? Nice to be in the tournament. Yes very nice. Nicer to win four in the tournament.

I wonder if Wisconsin players are thinking "what have we done!" Wisconsin won, letting UND into the tournament and now they get to play a team (Sioux), who has a very high chance to knock them out of the tournament. Sioux players you have your opportunity now stick it to the badgers.

Most will slap themselves on the head and say "why did we have to play them?" If Sioux played very near home, guessing there would be a lot of sore heads in dinky town.

Did the NCHC decision to play a consolation game in it's tournament, play a factor in getting a third NCHC team in the nationals? Which at this moment is likely the Fighting Sioux.

Three NCHC teams in the national, not bad. Truly feel that this was a rough year for the teams in the NCHC. I believe their best regular season inter-league games are yet to come.

I would love to see Sioux against Union.

I would feel better to use UND Flame rather then flames like a hockey team in the great white north. (Taken from posts in June 2011) - However I would prefer just UND because Sioux would be informally used by the fans. Flame without an (s) so it is unique and part of our heritage based on school motto of "Lux et Lex"(Latin) meaning "Light and Law". Flame could work if we had to choose. But not Flame(s)! I have a forty two year history as a student and alum - hard to let go of Sioux because one of my best friends father was 100% Sioux and a Medal of Honor recipient. Both father and son are now deceased and not sure how today they would have felt about the use of the name Sioux. I heard rumors that UND may have the uniform from this great american. That would be cool since my grandmother used to sew the medals on his uniform. This man was a fighting American who was loved by people who shared his ancestry.

My very first hockey game was the first night the old Ralph had the first game ever. Sat right next to the guy with the red light. Was right on the ice behind the glass. East end of the rink. Spent a lot of time ducking even with the glass between myself and the puck. LOL. But I was very hooked and loved going to the games win or lose or lose or lose. That was about the ratio. But they won that first night.

Sat through those stretches of loses. But liked Rube and his asst. coaches. Had a blast at the games. Great memories. Made me a solid fan.

Sat through those stretches of loses. But liked Rube and his asst. coaches. Had a blast at the games. Great memories. Made me a solid fan.

Those were to be a smile but guess not allowed.

Ok then you are now appointed to go hire York. I was going to say east coast region but only included Boston. As my UND kids would say "my bad". Time to take action. Time to be productive and solve this fictious problem that this blog is creating. All those upset with Hakstol need to get together and get York here or maybe the coach of the Russian Olympic team or or or or.....

Let's look at it this way. Jerry York gets hired as UND coach. His record would not be as good as Hakstol. Why? Jerry does not have a very good record when he gets outside the Boston area. Let's keep Dave. Truth is the more you read this blog arguments are nothing more than what ifs. Hakstol is doing the job and creates players.

Frency's was a dangerous place for fingers. Many a finger was stepped on while the owner was crawling across the floor.

I hate to do this man (iluvdebbies) but if you put your avatar next to a picture of Scott Walker - scary.

Can anyone who is a Sioux fan tell me why this thread exists?

Grew up without hockey, watched a few games on TV and did not understand the game or the game within the game. My RA who was also in my suite, when I was a freshman, had been trying to convince me to go and see a hockey game. Which I resisted, thinking it would be boring. However, I relented and agreed to attend the first game ever at the brand new Arena (the old Ralph). My RA told me that we had to get there real early because seats would be hard to find. He was basing his comments on the fact that the “old barn”, had few seats. We stood in line for some time. They finally opened the doors and everyone rushed the doors (my first human crush stampede). But when we got in everyone was confused where to sit and there were a large number of seats available. The RA and I got the east end goal seats right on the ice and right next to the goal light operator. What perfect seats for my first game. My first experience was ducking, ducking, ducking, and ducking, during the warm-up practice due to the pucks flying at a high rate of speed into the glass. Whew that took some adjustment. Could not believe the speed of the pucks, or the speed of the players on the ice, nor the force of the hits. During the game a puck flew just over the top of the glass (which was lower in those days), and I quickly looked back and saw a women hit in the forehead with the puck. As gross as this sounds I saw the cut on her head before the gushing of the blood. That memory kept me from sitting above the glass for almost half the year. How bad was the women hurt, must have been a true die-hard hockey fan because she came back later with a bandage on her forehead. That game made me a huge UND hockey fan. I did everything I could to never miss a home game again. In the future at the “old Ralph”, I got involved in a number of fun activities. In one game against the gophers and Herb Brooks, I had a rubber chicken on a white rope that blended into the ice color. During breaks in the game I would throw the chicken on the ice next to the gopher goalie, then I would pull the chicken back in over the glass before play started. That night a picture was taken by the Grand Forks "Hagerty", and was in the paper the next day. The picture showed the chicken laying on the ice, with the goalie’s head turned the other way but with his eyes clearly looking back directly at the rubber chicken next to him. The caption underneath the photo in the paper was “Fowl Play At Hockey Game”. To make the story even more fun, was that during the game the rope got away from me and the chicken could not be retrieved. One of the “blind mice (there were three then)” picked up the chicken and rope and handed it to Herb Brooks, who ended up holding it by the neck. It was a very funny moment to Herb and the fans. At the end of the game, the then UND athletic director, came up to me and read me the “riot act”, telling me how bad I was for such a stunt and how upset Herb Brooks was with my actions. I went to wait for Herb Brooks to apologize to him for the stunt. Herb Brooks told me, “that he never said that to our athletic director and in fact he thought it was funny and it was sure a lot better than a dead gopher.” Herb Brooks told someone to go and get the rubber chicken and he gave it back to me. Wow what a memory. The next night the rubber chicken returned, but this time on a very long pole. The pole broke and I never got back the rubber chicken. Sure wish I still had that rubber chicken or at least the photo from the Grand Forks paper. I have a lot of other really cool memories but this has gotten long enough for this posting. Thank you to my RA that convinced me to attend a UND Hockey Game that has led to a lifetime of enjoyment. Never give up the chance to experience something new. Go Fighting Sioux!